Video Category: Educational
Stela 14 from Guatemala (758 CE)
Stela 14, Piedras Negras, Central Lowlands, Guatemala; Classic Maya, 758 CE, (Limestone; Loan from ...
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The Sphinx
Sphinx, Memphis (Palace of Merenptah), Dynasty 19, Reigns of Ramses II-Merenptah (1279-1204 BCE), Re...
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The Shingon Altar
The Shingon altar is composed of pieces from a larger Japanese Temple put together by Maxwell Sommer...
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China
The Chinese Rotunda is the majestic setting of the Museum's Chinese collection. Ninety feet in diame...
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Rome
The Romans traced their mythical beginnings to the Trojan War and to Romulus, who supposedly founded...
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Colossal Head of Ramses II from Abydos Egypt (1290-1224 BCE)
Head of a Colossal Statue of Ramses II, Abydos, Dynasty 19, Reign of Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), Lime...
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Ram Caught in a Thicket from Ur
This goat standing upright against a flowering plant and its counterpart in the British Museum are t...
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The Puteoli Marble Block (102 CE)
Dominating the new Roman World gallery is an internationally famous military relief, once part of a ...
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Egyptian Mummies
This popular Museum exhibition features human and animal mummies, tomb artifacts, and objects and ma...
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The Bull-headed Lyre from Ur
Lyre with Bearded Bull's Head and Inlaid Panel, Royal Cemetery, Ur, Iraq, Early Dynastic III, 2550-2...
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The Islamic Near East
The objects in this gallery come from the central lands of the Islamic world: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Tur...
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Iraq's Ancient Past
In 1922—the same year that Howard Carter shocked the world with his discovery of Tutankhamen's tom...
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Introduction to the Highlights Tour of the Penn Museum
Welcome to the Penn Museum! CJ Jones is going to take you on a tour of the highlights of the galleri...
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Model of a Roman House
The centerpiece of the Rome Gallery is a 4 ft. x 2 ft. model of a Roman house of the type excavated ...
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The Navajo Hooghan
In the American Southwest Exhibition, visitors can stand inside a Navajo Hooghan. The "hooghan" (hou...
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Greece
The Greeks were the pre-eminent merchants of the Mediterranean world. Even in the Bronze Age their c...
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Greek Grave Stela
The design of this Greek grave relief is common for the Classical period of the 5th and 4th centurie...
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Etruscan Italy
The Etruscans dominated the central part of the Italic peninsula during the late 8th through the 6th...
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Egyptian Door Socket
This door socket is from Hierakonpolis in southern Egypt, an important place because its rulers beca...
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Closing Credits
We hope you enjoyed the tour. Please come and visit us in person in Philadelphia! This ASL video ...
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Sarcophagus from Canaan (ca. 1250-1150 BCE)
At Beth Shean, fragments of fifty clay sarcophagi were found in reused Early Bronze Age tombs. These...
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Egyptian Mummy of a Child (ca. 1CE)
This is an example of a mummy of a young boy from the Roman period in Egypt about 2,000 years ago. W...
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Canaan and Israel
The Penn Museum holds nearly 25,000 artifacts from excavations in the Levant, a geographical area th...
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Buddhist Asia
The exhibit Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition, currently on display in the Museum...
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Statue of Avalokitesvara from 18th Century Tibet
Statue of Avalokitesvara, Tibet, 18th Century, Brass, H. 53 cm. Penn Museum Object 85-28-5....
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Attic Black Amphora from ca. 540-530 BCE
One of the most important objects in the gallery is the large amphora of c. 540-530 BCE decorated wi...
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Secrets of the Silk Road: Xuan Zang and Buddhism
The Penn Museum's Keeper of the Asian Collections, Stephen Lang, discusses the Buddhist monk Xuan Za...
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Secrets of the Silk Road: Tang Taizong's Noble Steeds
An introduction to the Penn Museum's famous Tang dynasty horse sculptures with the University of Pen...
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Inuit Umiak
This is an umiak used by the Inuit (Eskimo) people living on the northcoast of Alaska. Umiaks were u...
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The Sphinx
Sphinx of Ramesses II in front of the Main Entrance of the Penn Museum, covered with snow. The Sphin...
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